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Guy Henry (born 17 October 1960) is an English actor whose roles include
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in ''
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'',
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in ''
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'' and '' Part 2'', Cassius in ''
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'' and Grand Moff Tarkin in '' Rogue One''.


Early life and career

Henry was born on 17 October 1960 in London. He attended Homefield School and then
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in
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where he took A levels. He trained at
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(1979–81). In 1982, he took the title role in ITV's ''
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'' series, playing Holmes as a teenager (though Henry was by then nearly 22). In February 2015, Henry was announced as a public supporter of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in
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.


Stage work


Highcliffe Charity Players

Henry first appeared on stage as a footman in amateur dramatic society Highcliffe Charity Players' production of Cinderella at age 11. He is now the president of HCP and continues to support their productions.


RSC work

Henry's main work has been with the
Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf ...
, including the following roles: *1991 – Thurio (''
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''), Poggio ('' Tis Pity She's a Whore''), Ananias ('' The Alchemist''). *1992 – Osric (''
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''), Sir Formal Trifle (''The Virtuoso'') *1993 – Second Tempter and Second Knight ('' Murder in the Cathedral''), Lelio ('' The Venetian Twins'') *1994 – Director haracter name(''A Life in the Theatre'') *1996 – Sir Andrew Aguecheek (''
Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...
'') *1997 – Cloten (''
Cymbeline ''Cymbeline'' (), also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in British Iron Age, Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concer ...
''), Dr Caius (''
The Merry Wives of Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...
'') *1998 – Lord Chamberlain (''
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'') *1999 – Russayev (''Yuri Gagarin''), Octavius Caesar (''
Antony and Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed around 1607, by the King's Men at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre. Its first appearance in print was in the First Folio published ...
'') *2001 – Malvolio (''
Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...
''), King John ('' King John''), Mosca (''
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'') *2003 – Parolles (''
All's Well That Ends Well ''All's Well That Ends Well'' is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate about the date of its composition, with possible dates ranging from 1598 to 1608. ...
'') *2013 – Captain Hook (''Wendy and Peter Pan'')


Other theatre work

He has also worked with
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, Theatre Set Up and the National Theatre (including Turgenev in
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The Coast of Utopia ''The Coast of Utopia'' is a 2002 trilogy of plays: ''Voyage'', ''Shipwreck'', and ''Salvage'', written by Tom Stoppard with focus on the philosophical debates in pre-revolution Russia between 1833 and 1866. It was the recipient of the 2007 T ...
'' in 2002). He was an acclaimed
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in the 2005–06
Donmar Warehouse The Donmar Warehouse is a 251-seat, not-for-profit Off-West End theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977. Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage, Josie Rourke and Michael Longhurst have all served as artistic direc ...
production of Schiller's '' Mary Stuart'', which transferred to the West End. He had previously played the same character in the 1986 film '' Lady Jane''. From December 2008 to March 2009 he appeared as Andrew Aguecheek (alongside
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) in the Donmar: West End production of ''
Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...
''. In April and May 2009 he appeared in ''
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'' at the
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.


Television appearances


1980s–1990s

In 1982, Henry appeared as
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in the TV series '' Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House''. He appeared in the episode "Rumpole and the Official Secret" from Season 4 of ''
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'' in 1987. In the early 1990s, he played the acerbic, demonic Dr Walpurgis in ''The Vault of Horror'', a BBC Halloween special. His make-up was provided by ''
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'' veteran Geoff Portass. Henry also introduced a few series of cult horror films in several BBC One Friday night horror seasons (with a name change to "Dr Terror"), with scripted introductions written by horror novelist and film historian Kim Newman. He appeared in the 1996 schools series '' Look and Read: Spywatch'', and in ITV's 1996 adaptation of '' Emma''. In 1998 he appeared in the medical soap opera '' Peak Practice'', and in two episodes of '' The Grand''.


2000 onwards

He appeared in four episodes of the 2001 series of the medical soap '' Doctors''. He has also frequently been cast as a conspiratorial and/or Machiavellian civil servant, as in ''Fields of Gold'' (2002) and '' Foyle's War'' (in a 2003 episode). He played the title role in Channel 4's 2004 documentary '' Who Killed Thomas Becket?'' (a "promotion" from his role as Tempter in the RSC ''Murder in the Cathedral'',
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's version of the same story); and was a deportment tutor and a shoemaker respectively in the BBC's adaptation of '' The Young Visiters'' (2003) and '' Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking'' (Christmas 2004). He played the part of Corporal Ludovic in the C4 presentation of
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'' trilogy (2001) alongside the then relatively unknown
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. In 2004 he appeared in '' Waking the Dead'' series 3 "Multistorey" as Guy Reynolds. In 2005 he appeared in the feature-length ITV drama ''
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'' and had a recurring role in '' Extras'', which continued into a few episodes of the comedy's second season. He also had a small role in the ITV drama, '' Trial & Retribution IX: The Lovers''. His main role that year, however, was as a fictionalised version of Gaius Cassius Longinus in the last two or three episodes of the first series of HBO/BBC series ''
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''. He reprised this role in the second series (broadcast 2007) until the character's death at the
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in the episode ''
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''. His friend Sarah Kennedy (see #Radio) commented that this was a natural progression for one with his "lean and hungry look" (Shakespeare, ''
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'', 2.I). In 2006, he played a lawyer in ''
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'', appeared with
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in '' Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!'' (as Hugh Paddick), and featured in the first, fifth and sixth episodes of the first series of '' The Chase'' (in another role he reprised in 2007). In 2007 he appeared as the UK's UN Ambassador in '' The Trial of Tony Blair'' and appeared in the seventh episode of the second series of '' Hotel Babylon''. Also in 2007 he appeared on radio as
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in the '' Afternoon Play'' of 4 May 2007, "The Master and Mrs Tucker" by Roy Apps, which told of Coward's friendship with
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(played by Ann Bell). In 2008, he appeared in HBO's ''
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'' as Jonathan Sewall,
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, as Mr Collins in '' Lost in Austen'', and in Series 7, Episode 4 of '' Spooks''. In 2009 he appeared in ''
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'' and in ''Lewis'' (Series 4, Episode 1). Also in 2009 he appeared in several episodes of
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' BBC comedy '' Extras'' as the
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of BBC Comedy. In 2010 he appeared as a lawyer in an episode of ''
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'' titled "Something Happened". In October 2010 he joined the regular cast of ''
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'' as surgeon
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, a role he played for three years until his departure in October 2013. In October 2014, it was announced that he would rejoin the cast of ''Holby City''. In October 2014, he appeared as the Inspector in the BBC 6-part drama '' Our Zoo''. In January 2015, he appeared as hypnotist Arthur Welkin in the BBC series ''
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'' episode 3.3 "The Invisible Man". In October 2016, he appeared as Mr Murthwaite in the BBC mini-series ''
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''. In November 2017, he appeared as the Dean of Westminster in the second season of the Rainmark Films series '' The Frankenstein Chronicles''. In 2023, he appeared in four episodes of '' Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story'' as
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's physician.


Film

Henry's film credits include appearances in '' Another Country'' with
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, '' Lady Jane'', '' England, My England'' film by Tony Palmer, in
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's 2003 film ''Bright Young Things (film), Bright Young Things'' (appearing in the :File:Bright Young Things.jpg, poster for it, top left) as Archie Schwert, in ''V for Vendetta (film), V for Vendetta'' as Conrad Heyer, in ''Starter for 10 (film), Starter for 10'' as a university professor, in ''Expresso (film), Expresso'', in Vincente Amorim's 2008 film ''Good (film), Good'' as a senior doctor in Nazi Germany and as
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in ''
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' is a 2010 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film is the first of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallo ...
'' and '' Part 2''. In 2014, he appeared in the critically acclaimed short film ''Done In''. In 2016, Henry appeared in ''Rogue One, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'', providing the physical and vocal performance for Grand Moff Tarkin; the use of CGI special effects recreated the likeness of Peter Cushing, who died in 1994, for the character. The performance, while not without controversy, was praised by Cushing's estate.


Filmography


Film


Television


Short films


Radio

From around 2004 until the end of her show in 2010, Guy Henry gained an additional fanbase as a result of his friendship with the BBC Radio 2, Radio 2 presenter Sarah Kennedy, who began by corresponding with his father. Through letters to Sarah from Henry himself, his father and "the Lady Agrippa" (a nickname for his mother), listeners were kept up to date on his career. A recording of his voice announced her regular "It's Showtime!" slot of tunes from the musicals at about 6.45am GMT – originally he commons:File:It'sShowtime!.ogg, just spoke the title of the slot, and a whole repertoire of different recordings was later added. He also occasionally appeared live on her show, and co-hosted with her as part of the annual charity appeal Children in Need. Since 2022 he has hosted his own Sunday morning radio show (between 11am and 1pm) for Cosham based QA Radio which is also available to listen to online.


Guest appearances

Henry was a guest speaker at an NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) summer seminar entitled ''Shakespeare: Enacting the Text''. (5 July to 6 August 1999).


References


External links

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Guy Henry on Boom Light
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